1. Always put the vapor barrier toward the heated part of the house. 2. An effective way to prevent this is by installing a vapor barrier. 3. And the vapor barrier goes up, against the ceiling above. 4. And, the rule continues, vapor barriers should face the heated part of the house, not the outdoors. 5. Another book suggests using Mylar as a vapor barrier. 6. Another way to insulate walls is to take off the plaster or plasterboard wall, put in the insulation and vapor barrier, and put up new walls. 7. Because the house is damp, moisture naturally migrates through the ceiling where there is no vapor barrier into the storage space. 8. Because concrete contains moisture, a sheet of plastic called a vapor barrier is usually put between it and any adjacent wood. 9. BIN, a white-pigmented shellac, is a vapor barrier. 10. Blown-in insulation does not provide a vapor barrier. |